to const wxChar*:
wxLogError(_("error: %s"), !err.empty() ? (const wxChar*)err.c_str() : "")
+- wxCtime() and wxAsctime() return char*; this is incompatible with Unicode
+ build in wxWidgets 2.8 that returned wchar_t*.
+
- DigitalMars compiler has a bug that prevents it from using
wxUniChar::operator bool in conditions and it erroneously reports type
conversion ambiguity in expressions such as this:
This can be worked around by explicitly casting to bool:
for ( wxString::const_iterator p = s.begin(); (bool)*p; ++p )
+- Virtual wxHtmlParser::AddText() takes wxString, not wxChar*, argument now.
+
+- Funtions that took wxChar* arguments that could by NULL in wxWidgets 2.8.
+ are deprecated and passing NULL to them won't compile anymore, wxEmptyString
+ must be used instead.
+
+- Removed insecure wxGets() and wxTmpnam() functions.
+
+
Deprecated methods and their replacements
-----------------------------------------
- wxCreateGreyedImage() deprecated, use wxImage::ConvertToGreyscale() instead.
- wxString::GetWriteBuf() and UngetWriteBuf() deprecated, using wxStringBuffer
or wxStringBufferLength instead.
+- wxDIRCTRL_SHOW_FILTERS style is deprecated, filters are alwsys shown if
+ specified so this style should simply be removed
+- wxDocManager::MakeDefaultName() replaced by MakeNewDocumentName() and
+ wxDocument::GetPrintableName() with GetUserReadableName() which are simpler
+ to use
+
Major new features in this release
----------------------------------
- Added wxEXEC_BLOCK flag (Hank Schultz)
- Add support for wxStream-derived classes to wxRTTI (Stas Sergeev)
- Added wxStreamBuffer::Truncate() (Stas Sergeev)
+- Allow using wxEventLoop in console applications (Lukasz Michalski)
+- Added functions for Base64 en/decoding (Charles Reimers)
+- Added functions for atomically inc/decrementing integers (Armel Asselin)
+- wxLogInterposer has been added to replace wxLogPassThrough and new
+ wxLogInterposerTemp was added
+- Added support for broadcasting to UDP sockets (Andrew Vincent)
All (GUI):
- Added wxH[V]ScrolledWindow (Brad Anderson, Bryan Petty)
- Added wxDC::StretchBlit() for wxMac and wxMSW (Vince Harron)
+- Added support for drop down toolbar buttons (Tim Kosse)
- Added support for labels for toolbar controls (Vince Harron)
+- Added wxMessageDialog::SetMessage() and SetExtendedMessage()
- Added wxEventBlocker class (Francesco Montorsi).
- Added wxFile/DirPickerCtrl::Get/SetFile/DirName() (Francesco Montorsi).
- Added wxSizerFlags::Top() and Bottom().
- Add support for <data> tags to wxrc
- Support wxAPPLY and wxCLOSE in CreateStdDialogButtonSizer() (Marcin Wojdyr)
- Show standard options in wxCmdLineParser usage message (Francesco Montorsi)
+- Added wxRect::operator+ (union) and * (intersection) (bdonner)
wxGTK:
- wxTopLevelWindow::GetSize() returns the size including the WM decorations.
- wxTopLevelWindow::GetClientSize() returns 0x0 when the window is minimized.
- Added support for colour cursors (Pascal Monasse).
-- Setting foreground colour of single line wxTextCtrl now works
- Pass current control text to EVT_TEXT handler for wxSpinCtrl (John Ratliff)
- Added gtk.tlw.can-set-transparency system option
wxMac:
- Better IconRef support (Alan Shouls)
+- Added support for changing button labels in wxMessageDialog (Gareth Simpson)
- Fix duplicate (empty) help menu in non-English programs (Andreas Jacobs)
- Allow accelerators to be used with buttons too (Ryan Wilcox)
- Support resource forks in wxCopyFile() (Hank Schultz)
- Make Enter key activate the default button (David Hart)
+2.8.5
+-----
+
+All (GUI):
+
+- Added colour normalization to PNM image handler (Ray Johnston)
+- Fixed selecting part of word from right to left in wxHTML (Michael Hieke)
+- Selecting text in wxHTML with character precision was made easier, it's
+ enough to select half of a character (Michael Hieke)
+- Significantly improved startup times of XRC-based applications using
+ embedded resources on Unix (requires resources recompilation)
+- Fixed freeing of "static" alpha data in wxImage (Axel Gembe)
+- Don't invalidate the font in SetNativeFontInfo[Desc]() if the string is
+ invalid, to conform to the documented behaviour (Langhammer)
+- Fixed wxXPMHandler::SaveFile for images with more than 92 colors.
+
+wxMSW:
+
+- Correct problem with page setup dialog when using landscape mode
+- Added msw.font.no-proof-quality system option, see manual for description
+- Fix appearance of notebook with non-top tabs under Windows Vista
+- Fixed bug with symbol resolving in wxStackWalker (Axel Gembe)
+
+wxGTK:
+
+- Setting foreground colour of single line wxTextCtrl now works
+- More work on setting defaults in GNOME print dialogs.
+- Also made landscape printing work as per wxMSW.
+- Add support for clipping in GNOME print backend.
+- Speed up wxBitmap::Rescale()
+- Add right button event for wxToolbar's tools (Tim Kosse)
+- Don't unconditionally add wxCAPTION style to wxMiniFrame
+- Generate wxEVT_COMMAND_LIST_END_LABEL_EDIT event even if label didn't change
+
+
2.8.4
-----
- Allow status bar children in XRC (Edmunt Pienkowski)
- Fix memory leak in wxWizard when not using sizers for the page layout
- Added wxListCtrl::SetItemPtrData()
+- wxHTML: Apply table background colour between the cells too (Michael Hieke)
wxMSW: